How 8 Large California Districts Are Using Data to Decode Social-Emotional Learning — and Predict Students’ Academic Success [the74million.org]

Lara Kain 3/8/191:52 PM

When some teachers in the Long Beach Unified School District hear students say they’re bad at math, they rephrase. You’re not bad, you’re just not understanding it yet. It’s not too difficult, it’s just challenging right now.

These educators are helping students develop a growth mindset, a belief that they can improve their skills through effort. A growth mindset is one of four social-emotional learning traits the district — along with others in California — are trying to teach their students.

These schools use surveys and data analysis to track not just how well they are teaching social-emotional traits, but also how they are affecting college and career readiness indicators, such as academic achievement or graduation. So far, they’ve seen some promising findings.

[For more on this story by KATE STRINGER, go to https://www.the74million.org/a...s-academic-success/?]

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